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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Teacher Passion as a Teaching Tool, Brent L. Palmer
A-type Lamins in Cell Cycle Regulation, Jaime L. Parman-Ryans
Cyberbullying Incidents Among African American Female Middle School Students, Yvette Pennington
Study of 2,5-Diaminoimidazolone, a Mutagenic Product of Oxidation of Guanine in DNA, Hannah Catherine J. Pollard
Computer Ratio and Student Achievement in Reading and Math in a North Carolina School District, Erica Preswood
The Old Deery Inn & Museum: An Ethnographic Case Study, Rebecca J. Proffitt
Prevalence of Communication Disorders in Children with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome on School Speech-Language Pathology Caseloads: A National Survey, Brittany V. Ratliff
The Perceptions of Success of Latino Nursing School Graduates in the Appalachian Region of the United States, Barbara M. Rauscher
Late Quaternary Dragon Lizards (Agamidae: Squamata) from Western Australia, Julie Rej
Teacher Perceptions of Using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports as Behavioral Interventions in a Pre-K-5 Elementary School: A Phenomenological Study, Meghann Roberts-Clawson
At the Intersection of Politics and Higher Education: Policy, Power, and Governing Boards in Oklahoma, Kirk Rodden
Possible Determinants of Treatment for Nonmedical Users of Pain Relievers and Stimulants, Dalton O. Rogers
The Change Process: Curriculum Change from the Teacher's Perspective, LaKisha B. Roseborough
An Examination of the Workloads and the Effectiveness of an Athlete Monitoring Program in NCAA Division I Men's Soccer, Matthew L. Sams
A Most Violent Game: A Framing Study on the Media’s Coverage of Concussions and Injuries in Sports, Theodore P. Schwartz II
Exogenous Ubiquitin: Role in Myocardial Inflammation and Remodeling Post- Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Stephanie Scofield
Functionalized Silica Gel for Adsorption of Cesium from Solution, Kenneth Marshall Seaton III
Acculturation and Ethnic-Identification of American Chinese Restaurant, Ting Shi
Graph Analytics Methods In Feature Engineering, Theophilus Siameh
A Paleontological Analysis of Late Pleistocene Proboscidea from Saltville, Virginia: Taphonomy, Systematic Paleontology, and Paleobiology, Rachel Silverstein
Trout Fishing in the Smokies and the Blue Ridge, 1880-Present: How-To, History, and Habitat, Nathaniel Cole Skaggs
The Development of a Vacuum Forming System for KYDEX® and Other Thermoplastic Sheet, Andrew G. Smith
Evaluating a Stepped Care Protocol for Postpartum Depression in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic, Sarah C. Smith
How the Collective Impact Model Can Help Hispanic Students in East Tennessee Excel in Higher Education, Edwin Soto
Technical and Physical Match Demands of a NCAA Division I Soccer Goalkeeper, Joanne Spalding
Teacher Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Response to Intervention Framework with English Learners, Donna Stapleton
Examining the Effects of Trait Rumination on Hostile Attribution Bias, Kyle A. Suhr
Evaluating Effective Communication Methods: Improving Internal Communication, Amber L. Suthers
Cloning of N-acylethanolamine Metabolic Pathway Genes from Physcomitrella patens, Swati Swati
Ecological Informatics: An Agent Based Model on Coexistence Dynamics, Shiva Thapa
A Quantitative Analysis of the SAILS (Seamless Alignment of Integrated Learning Support) Program Collaboration in a Community College Setting, Kelley E. Thomas
Developing Effective Classroom Environments in a High School Looping Program: A Narrative Research Study, Caleb C. Tipton
Teacher Perceptions of Indigenous Representations in History: A Phenomenological Study, Joshua C. Tipton
Preschool Enrollment and Elementary School Achievement in an East Tennessee School District, Derek Voiles
Access to Healthy Foods: A Descriptive Analysis of Farmers’ Markets, Food Deserts & USDA Food Assistance Programs in Tennessee Census Tracts, Twanda D. Wadlington
Women in Recovery: Perceptions in Transition to Community College, Mandi Walker
Native and Community College Transfer Students in Biological Sciences at a Four-Year Institution: A Comparative Study, Nathanial Weber
Kindergarten Teachers' Perceptions of Student Readiness for School, James A. Wernke
Emotion Regulation and Eating: An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Eating Patterns in Obese Patients Seeking Bariatric Surgery, Brittany V. Williams
The AlgZ/R Two-Component System Is Responsible for Attenuation of Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Danielle A. Williams
Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology: Student Demographics and Completion Rates, Timothy N. Wilson
Putnam County, Tennessee’s Prekindergarten Program as Measured by Test Scores, GPA, Attendance, and Discipline Reports in 3rd, 7th, and 9th Grade, Christopher J. Winningham
Quantifying the Structure of Misfolded Proteins Using Graph Theory, Walter G. Witt
Get Thee to a Nunnery: Unruly Women and Christianity in Medieval Europe, Sarah E. Wolfe
Discharge Readiness for Families with a Premature Infant Living in Appalachia, Kathy Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Positional and Match Action Profiles of Elite Women’s Field Hockey Players in Relationship to the 2015 FIH Rule Changes, Heather A. Abbott
Syntheses and Characterization of a New Cyano-Substituted Bis(pyrazolyl)borate and its Thallium (I) Complex, Chris Acquah